Create your own MetaHuman | Unreal Engine 5 tutorial

Step by step guide to create a custom MetaHuman using Unreal Engine 5. Using mesh to MetaHuman, we turned our friend into her digital avatar.
This is just part ONE of this series. As you see, the result is not yet a perfect clone as the MetaHuman creator has limitation. In the next video, we are going to customize the mesh further in Blender, the texture in Substance Painter and perhaps even create custom hair. If all of this interest you, please let us know in the comments.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:40 3D scanning - Polycam
00:01:46 Mesh Cleanup - Blender
00:05:16 Metahuman Generation in UE5
00:10:01 Metahuman Creator (Customization)
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[@creathorie]

This technology is terrifying yet absolutely amazing.

[@badxstudio]

We believe we can be optimistic about how we can use this technology. In education, medicine or even entertainment, there will be hundreds of use cases. Do you feel as optimistic as us ? :)

[@creathorie]

It does indeed have interesting usabilities :)

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@MiketheNerdRanger]

The fact that you can do this *SO* easily compared to how it was done before is mindblowing. Not 10 years ago, getting the tech to be able to do this even before tweaking would *bankrupt an entire studio.*

[@badxstudio]

hahahhah right?? and it's only getting better! Have you seen us Animating the MetaHumans too?? We have a video on that its mindblowing. We are also working on a CUSTOMISATION Tutorial for MetaHumans if you'd like to see that it's coming soon

[@OsaidSasi]

bro this has been one of the cleanest and easiest tutorials i have ever followed, great videos guys

[@badxstudio]

Bruh that was the intention ... you know it was so hard to cut this video since we didnt know how much of the process should we keep and simplify so it caters to a wider audience but at the same time not make it so long that people get bored and click out! Glad it turned out ok

[@abhimanyubundela2568]

Wow! This is just beautiful. I'm a programmer learning some basic Character Designing work and I think this series will be perfect for that. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing!

[@badxstudio]

Glad we could help

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@CabrioDriving]

That was soo cool guys. I enjoyed my time together with you. I did what you do here in the video long before, but it was enjoyable to view. Keep posting metahuman topic/animation/customization on your channel.

[@badxstudio]

THank you so much! THat means alottttt!! We will continue to do so with your support

[@olliegreen2307]

The passion of you both has made me want to do more with metahuman! thanks for the video!

[@badxstudio]

And the lovely comment you made gives us motivation to do EVEN MORE!! Thank you Ollie! BTW did you check out part 2 alrdy?

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@tamilorejoseph4704]

Loving the tutorial. To get closer to meta human focal length it would be best to take photo at a higher focal length

[@shivam7156]

thank you very much!! i was interested in metahuman but now im diving in soon!!

[@badxstudio]

Shiva we can't wait to see you try it out!! Pls let us know when you do we wanna see the results!! Are you on our discord??? if not come say hi there

[@kamel3d]

Great job I was annoyed they did not notice that her forhead is lager than what they made and they should have push the hair a bit to the back

[@badxstudio]

Oh trust me brother we did! The metahuman creator customization is limited we of course made our process look shorter for your sake. But we played around with the different features but the sculpting tools on the creator have limits. Which is why the next part of this video is taking the mesh to a 3D software and customizing it manually :)

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@expo7526]

Thanks for the guidance...and i created meta human from my own ....many many thanks for the step by step tutorial....wish u all the best🎉

[@badxstudio]

Wow Im sooooooo glad that you decided to try and let us know how it went! It's the only reason we spent the time and effort to create it! BTW if you wanna show us your metahuman we'd love to see it on our discord: discord.gg/AXgCwTYDRB

[@ewertonmelo8820]

I'm going to make it right now with the face of my wife. That's awesome!!! I'm postponing the tutorials to use metahumans, but here I just found my GO!!! Thank you!!!

[@badxstudio]

That is awesome! Go and do it brother

[@odesamusic]

This is a great tutorial, probably the best I've ever seen.. just waiting for Unreal Engine to load shaders though now.. it's been 5 hours, I can't believe it 😂

[@badxstudio]

Heheheh glad you think of it that way

[@blerdstatic8187]

I would certainly be interested in this series and will try my hand at this video this weekend, thanks for the content!

[@badxstudio]

So how did it go?

[@blerdstatic8187]

@@badxstudio I got stuck on the part where you save the fbx file, and upload it to unreal engine. I'm going to give it another try this week though, thanks for following up to check in that's really cool!

[@blerdstatic8187]

@@badxstudio Well I FINALLY got through this entire tutorial! Would love to share my work with you. Now I just need to learn to properly rig glasses and animation.

[@artemfortunat7647]

Those video go in my collection of blender tutorials. Its amazing, i subscribed.

[@badxstudio]

Glad to hear we helped 😉 ❤️

[@shelfrelated]

That is absolutely amazing!

[@badxstudio]

Are we gonna see you try it out brother?????

[@TheSwedishGamerTim]

Saw this channel on tiktok and liked this content, and then it popped up in my recommendations on youtube and i love it! Just created my dad as a videogame character lol

[@badxstudio]

Thank you so much for watching our videos. We are preparing for part 2 where we show you how to customise it even more. Hop on our discord and show us your MetaHuman, would love to see it discord.gg/zwycgqezfD

[@TheGrrson]

Gonna start learning Unreal this weekend. This kind of stuff is insane.

[@badxstudio]

Indeed.. Good luck

[@hughsoward3484]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I also saw the pwnisher use PureRef to align face geometry on top of the Metahuman creator. It might speed up the facial structure workflow a bit.

[@packfortrip6657]

This is Amazing

[@lucidbpm]

Cheers, finally something I could follow successfully!

[@badxstudio]

YESSS! Glad you liked it

[@binuserkaf]

Thank yall for this!

[@badxstudio]

Most welcome :)

[@Littlemobcraft]

Good job!!! ❤❤❤

[@badxstudio]

Thank you!!

[@AlexisRivera3D]

This is insane! thank you for sharing

[@badxstudio]

Alexis you are more than welcome

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@Itasha007]

Ya can't show me something as cool as this and I am not gonna try it. I tried Meta human about 2yr ago and it was really limited. This is totally different! Thanks for the cool video

[@badxstudio]

No worries hahah yeah they keep updating Metahumans! We can't wait for the latest "MetaHuman Animator" update

[@annimathstudios5746]

Loved the way you teach guys. Fun and absolutely came into my memory Regards

[@badxstudio]

Glad it helped mate

[@babulaal5536]

Been searching for this particular tutorial since metahuman was launched... Thank you so very much 🙏🙏🙏🙏now I have to manage a computer only😂

[@badxstudio]

Hahahahah glad that you have found it! Well we are going to release part 2 very soon so hopefully you will figure out the computer by then!

[@babulaal5536]

@@badxstudio 🙏take your time 😂

[@belarakart]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@creatiomundi]

That was sweet. Nice content. Keep it up.

[@badxstudio]

Thank you!!! Did you alrdy check out part 2??

[@cricketyfiz98]

Subscribed! I like your guys' energy and drive, it's inspiring!

[@badxstudio]

Love you! youur comment just boosted that energy!

[@HealthandHappiness-0906]

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[@InspiringVibesVideos]

wow! amazing

[@badxstudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Fustercluck06]

This is so exciting!

[@badxstudio]

hahahha if you liked this make sure you check out our Part 2 & 3 we uploaded

[@lucianamueck]

Congratulations guys, I really enjoy this amazing video...

[@badxstudio]

Thank you so much ❤️ glad u did!

[@jakecolefilms]

Fantastic! Appreciate the tutorial!

[@badxstudio]

No worries at all

[@jakecolefilms]

@@badxstudio absolutely! Was trying to do the face scan with the polycam lidar function and couldn't get good results. Yours is the first tutorial that stuck to photo capture mode. I'll try this and hopefully get better results 😁

[@badxstudio]

@@jakecolefilms Yeah the Lidar doesn't work well with human faces! The photo mode gives the best results hands down!! We already tried multiple versions and can speak to that :) Glad to know you figured it out :)) And sometimes you might not have access to a person to do photoscanning, for which we recommend you check out "Facebuilder" Addon for blender. You feed it a few images and it builds a head mesh based off that which can be quite accurate! It has a free trial so check that out too :) Also if you aren't on our discord yet, please do join! We would lovve to see what you make :)) discord.gg/fUTyYnvceB

[@Gabby16bit]

Please make a tutorial how to make a Child that looks realistic with Metahuman. I'm trying to do that for my game but is hard to have good results :(. Nice video btw!

[@badxstudio]

You know that sounds like a DOPE challenge :D So just thinking about it for a child metahuuman to look real you've gotta get the HEAD SIZE PROPORTION TO THE BODY correctly. That's probably where the secret lies. That's just a guess tho we have never tried it. Should we give it a try? If you want come over to our discord let's discuss it there and figure it out? discord.gg/AXgCwTYDRB

[@Bakahira]

Yes please! Also looking since weeks about that... find nothing. Its missing in the world wide web...

[@antoniosilvagiunta9945]

a gabby che me combini

[@mac3482]

Gabby...ma ciao :)

[@pgdaszzz7399]

You have to sculpt the exported base shape. There is no other way to achieve that.

[@Sudhanshurai653]

Amazing😮😮I want to learn a lot lot skill😘😘😘I love graphics design😌😇

[@JOEDUCER]

Love the energy you guys have. Amazing tutorial, was looking just for this!✌✌Tq

[@badxstudio]

Thank u

[@BalsaRadunovic]

Guys you nailed it! 👌 When can we expect the second part of the more advanced tutorial, maybe where you show how to make the model say the same things you say, maybe do some body movement? :) Keep up the amazing work!

[@badxstudio]

Thank you sooo much! Well you can expect the 2nd part within the upcoming week for sure :) We will be showing you how to make the metahuman TALK + how to customize the mesh even further :)

[@BalsaRadunovic]

@@badxstudio That's great! Thank you! 😊

[@vrguytokyo]

Any links to this pt2 up yet? :) @@badxstudio

[@xxxKINGJulien]

دمتون گرم خیلی آموزش خوبی بود :)❤

[@badxstudio]

khahesh mikonam dadash

[@J_A_C023]

This is AMAZING! It's funny when u guys were like, check the sad face Oh yeah that's her! Lol. This is wow ❤

[@user-rw6zr9fy9y]

perfect man😍❤

[@murtowson8223]

thank u guys!

[@badxstudio]

Our pleasure

[@LazyAnimations69]

This video is a lifesaver 😩

[@badxstudio]

Glad you liked it 🙏

[@saemranian]

Good job, Thanks for sharing.

[@badxstudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@Milan23_]

Woow great video! Looks so realistic

[@badxstudio]

Thank you

[@MrKissmass]

love you guys!

[@badxstudio]

We love you

[@Arshitectural]

it was perfect! آموزش عالیی بود همینجور ادامه بدین

[@badxstudio]

Thanks a lot ...kheili hal dadi ;)

[@OUTTHEMUDVISUAL]

lets go time to learn !!

[@pandadayi]

pin your comments bro :) that should be at the TOP! :) have a nice one. keep up the good work!

[@badxstudio]

Maaaa mannnnnN!!!

[@yasiraliplays]

i am glad that i subscribed this channel thanks guys

[@trendyloca2330]

What your guys did were amaze to me.

[@badxstudio]

WE LOVE U!!

[@amazingworldart3447]

WOW Cool and Super creation.🥰 I love this

[@badxstudio]

Thank you

[@halilaksu8021]

you are amazing . Great job !

[@badxstudio]

Love you! We have a new metahuman tutorial coming up in the next 2-3 weeks cant wait to show you

[@Mev88]

you guys really helped a lot

[@badxstudio]

Glad it helped buddy

[@Havablasttv]

You guys are amazing

[@badxstudio]

No YOU ARE BREATHTAKING!

[@BastianE]

A Tip: Use Microsoft PowerToys for a Color Picker on Win+Shift+C

[@doomgb4994]

Very easy to know the overall process, nice short

[@badxstudio]

Thanks

[@LetsBuild-antigravity]

Thank for the information

[@vicarioustube]

BRILLIANT thanks

[@badxstudio]

You are most welcome

[@divaschhetry]

You unreal engine are awesome dude

[@badxstudio]

Divas WE LOVE U BROTHER!

[@jessemwegs176]

I’ve been looking for this exact content I don’t know why guys are not making it but otherwise good video

[@badxstudio]

Glad it help you

[@KJPiGames]

Когда то давно мы создавали таких персонажей в симсе, теперь когда редактор Симса вышел в урину, мы создаём персонажей там и радуемся тому как реалистично они получаются. Но... Не забывайте про оптимизацию))

[@melissaalvarezzabala760]

I love it. I’ll do it soon with myself hahaha

[@badxstudio]

That’s an amazing idea… don’t forget to share it with us on our discord channel once u made it

[@ahmedalkhawlany5402]

Thank you so much 😊

[@badxstudio]

Most welcome, have you tried creating one ?

[@varonex3449]

Amazing !

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[@Flowery_Parfume]

Amazing

[@Xinporee]

mind blowing brother

[@badxstudio]

We knowwwww 🤯🤯

[@Xinporee]

I liked her smile and eyes a lot!! 🙈🙈

[@Aquita_Valentina]

Really thank you so much. I hope you can have a episode to answer all the eror or else may be happen in a process for the audience

[@badxstudio]

Heyyyy! We are gonna be doing livestreams soon here on youtube so you can ask all of your questions! :)

[@Aquita_Valentina]

@@badxstudio ok, please mention the time/schedule.. In case we have a different "time" zone hehe

[@supermattis108]

Yo bros, awesome video. I did the same thing but with a character I ment to use but updated it this way to metahuman. I will use this method now to make a metahuman version of my wife, but she have dreads..Did you ever make the custom hair tutorial? Peace ✌️

[@cgimadesimple]

super cool ❤

[@pierceholston6639]

What are the tech specs for metahuman creator? I'm in the market for my first laptop and I would really like to have this creative tool, along with artbreeder.

[@jjiteshh]

i cant add the metahuman identity for mac? is it because there is no plugin created for mac?

[@artbyalii]

That;s Super Amazing and Easy Guide Guys, Can you please make a short tutorial on how we can Export this Character in Maya, or Blender, or in any Format Like FBX or anything?

[@Yourtechnologypartner]

Awesome👍

[@AttilaDanko]

For some reason blender is not exporting the texture, any idea how to fix this? Maybe Unreal is cannot read this out from the export file? Do you have any idea how to fix this?

[@timecubestudio]

داااااش دمتون گرم

[@deleondln7]

Thanks!

[@badxstudio]

Thank you so much buddy

[@OliverEnde]

Hey, great tutorials, you do teach everything without any unnecessary stuff and in a very excellent way! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!! Did you have any problems to get Angelina together with face animation and Body movement in 5.3? I've tried it several times, but if I use my own face, and follow your tutorials, the head movement from the facial animation is transfered to my model, but the facial animation, talking, facial expression is not taken. If I take one metahuman of the preset list metahumans, everything works fine.. I thought, that the problem could be, that I create the identity from my polycam model and then create a new identity with the livelink video? Does this make any sense?? Hope, you can help me, as I tried it for about 5 times, following each of the steps in your tutorials, but always get this problem..

[@Furiac.]

Polycam is impressive

[@alexmolyneux816]

Great video, what technical specs is required to run all this without lag?

[@BratzFanz123]

How would I put this character into a game?

[@Leaguefan01]

Could you do the same with a photo? If i took multiple pictures of some ones face could you use that or do you need that all round video you used?

[@bishnoihubhay8367]

Can we create this in any android phone ?

[@niloytesla]

yes! i have done it it works great. (if you mean the camera... because the ue5 is necessary)

[@theodorus321]

love from turkey good video and very good tips and tricks

[@badxstudio]

oooooh Turkey!! Our favorite place to eat Great food!!! and you are absolutely welcome :) Part 2 of this coming out next week! Stay tuned!

[@JNathanSimmons]

close but distance between nose and lips are further away and chin is sharper but very good non the less :)

[@ske7chy]

Whenever I see stuff like this my mind instantly goes to Detroit becomes human. This is 🔥

[@badxstudio]

Oh man that game wasssss fireeeeeeeee!!!!

[@BensCoffeeRants]

Did you set your meta human free? :D

[@MyAkezhan]

These guys make exposition a lot of sunlight

[@soundzandwordzandimagez4323]

Facial movements and tics. If a motion capture suit wasnt involved ..and perhaps you wanted to use yhe character in a game... ..i wonder if UE could mimic "odd" moving facial patterns found in the actual person like "lazy eye, crooked lip from a stroke, excessive eye blinking or facial tics from terrets "

[@strickerarts]

Its really close but the hair line is a little low on the 3D model, bring it up a little and round it. It would be a lot closer, still really cool what you have right now.

[@badxstudio]

Agreed! but the metahuman creator app doesnt let us customize the head more ... it has limits. which is why in the next part we are going to do that in another 3D software :)

[@strickerarts]

@@badxstudio Ah I see, cant wait. Its cool to see what tech can do.

[@Nailsoupmedia]

So from the time the model shows up to where you ended this video how much billable time would it cost someone to do what you did including the model? I am now going to dive into all your stuff....the cat videos are pushed to the side 🙂

[@user-wy3mq1vy6n]

Is it possible to do this with just photos if we cannot scan the person? Like if i want to make an avatar of luffy in one piece for example.

[@user-pz6dx6qp5o]

So near in the future, you can put your own face as a character in any games by scanning your face with phone and put it online for cloud rendering if it's possible.

[@austinyoung1841]

great vid yall remind me of joey salads

[@luvair6765]

I remember a few years ago when this tech just wasn't there. Now it is.

[@badxstudio]

Dude just wait till you see our video comin in 12 hours! Its about the new Animation tool … its crazyyyy

[@luvair6765]

Wow! Do you see this evolving into something movie directors could storyboard with and eventually as the tech grows it could become almost a movie?

[@alyxoj1361]

I think you would get even better results if you pictured the subject without makeup. Makeup can trick the eye into thinking the subject has higher cheekbones or any difference to their facial structure. If the subject has no makeup then you can add makeup after wards and it will always look "correct". At least that is my theory.

[@badxstudio]

You are 100% right! Starting with a blank face is always better. We didn't have a chance to do it this round

[@user-fp8ob8bz8z]

I tried exporting my mesh as fbx but the texture didnt export what can be done? \

[@B3D111]

Thanks

[@badxstudio]

Welcome

[@alimnts]

very amazing

[@badxstudio]

Thank you

[@ThyXsphyre]

Great video, just wondering, is the video style inspired by corridor digital?

[@badxstudio]

Thank you so much. We LOVE Corridor Crew and what they do. We watch so many KZbinrs, I would say it's a mix

[@Aquita_Valentina]

Would you mind to mention each equipment that need it to make it? (Computer brand Phone brand)

[@badxstudio]

You can really do this with any phone since we only use photos to create the model. But the better the phone camera the better your scan will be at the end of it all. As for the computer, please check out epic games unreal engine minimum spec required. We always recommend a decent RTX graphics card from NVIDIA>

[@bubblegumpeach5662]

My sister always wanted to be in a video game im going to try this

[@nanow1990]

This should be done with True skin, eyes and eyelashes, without any makeup to avoid artifacts and to create an accurate and realistic face. Makeup can be easily applied after.